Select a topic from the list below and undertake a literature review on the topic to write a research paper. Literature cited should include most recently published papers from journals as well as recent reports published by recognised institutions/organisations. If you prefer to write the paper on a topic not included in the list below, you are required obtain approval from the course convenor prior to commencing the work on the paper.

· Health and environmental impacts of poor waste management

· Collection, transfer and transport of municipal solid waste

· Separation and processing of municipal solid waste

· Recycling of municipal solid waste

· Biological treatment of municipal solid waste

· Managing green and organic waste

· Biogas generation from solid waste

· Incineration of municipal solid waste

· Energy recovery from municipal solid waste

· Sanitary landfills

· Rehabilitation of open waste dumps in developing countries

· Generation and management of landfill gas

· Generation and management of landfill leachate

· Waste and Climate change

· Waste management strategy development

· International strategies for municipal solid waste management

· Community based solid waste management

· 3Rs (Reduce, Reuse, Recycling)

· Role of partnerships in waste management

· Case studies of best practice solid waste management

The format of the paper is flexible. However, it should comply with the normal requirements of a paper published in a journal. The rationale behind this assessment item is to assess the student’s ability to research on a given topic in solid waste management, ability to cite latest literature and reports on latest developments in this area and to assess the ability to write a research paper to the standards normally required of a journal. Students are strongly encouraged to get familiar with such requirements by referring to paper published in an international scientific journal.